we begin with donald trump's concession speech, all 61 words of it. the republican nominee finally admitting after years of pushing a deceptive conspiracy theory that president obama, indeed, was born in the u.s. but did trump apologize? nope. did he explain why he changed his mind? no. did he falsely blame hillary clinton for starting the rumor in the first place? yes, he did. >> hillary clinton -- [ boos ] -- and her campaign of 2008 started the birther controversy. i finished it. i finished it. you know what i mean. president barack obama was born in the united states. period. now we all want to get back to making america strong and great again. thank you, thank you very much. [ applause ] is. >> let's do fact checking. fact check number one. hillary clinton did not start this birther lie, nor did anyone in her campaign. fact check number two. donald trump, did not, as he claim "finish it." in fact, donald trump has been called the birther in chief and had it not been for his wholehearted embrace of this fallacy it might have stayed where it belonge

we mknow who donald trump is. now it's time for our country to show who we are and reject his divisive vision. that's why this election is so important. as michelle obama said at the democratic convention, when we go to the polls in november, the real choice isn't between a democrat or a republican. it's about who will have the power to shape our children's lives for the next four years. it's also about the kind of country we want to be and what we want to leave behind for future generations. we are at our best when every person gets to share in our nation's promise, contribute to our stronger together is not just a campaign slogan but the guiding principle to the future we must build. america, we need to ask ourselves. are we going to make our economy work for everyone or just at the top? are we going to bring people together or pit americans against each other and rip our country apart? are we going to work with our allyinies to keep us safe or are going to put a loose cannon in charge who would risk everything

donald trump is exactly right. united states has tried to play the leadership role, but absolutely failed in that nuclear deal that madame al bright couldn't play. china is the country to be partners and china wants to north korea. >> i want to include david in this discussion. david, here we have the antichina candidate donald trump, who rails against china nonstop on all trade policy issues. he's going to go to them after he's ripped up every conceivable trade agreement with china, the various ways we international trade with china. and wants to destroy all of that and then say to them, now, i need you to do my job for me with north korea because i don't know how to do it. >> this is absurd. the united states has been trying to get china to work and lean on north korea for decades now. this is not a new idea, boris. i'm just going to ask china to do this, well, united states has been asking and it hasn't worked because china plays a very sort of sophisticated game with north korea and doesn't lean on them too har

outspoken donald trump or the reserved, laid-back donald trump?> in both cases he's a liaison for change. one thing that is consistent is this message that we've had enough of washington status quo, we're ready for a change. that donald trump unequivocally showing up tonight. >> she's going to hit him on a lot of issues, including, for example, why he refuses to release his tax returns. how will he respond? >> i think he'll respond in kind. he's going to make sure he answers the question, but he's also going to push back. this is not a guy who is going to sit back with politically correct responses. i think the tone might be a little bit different but he's not going to sit back and not answer it, and i think that's what america is ready for and that's why he's surging in the polls. it's because people are ready for someone who stands up and fights. >> why did he fight a benghazi survivor, a man named mark geist, to sit in one of the front seats? he's sending a message to hillary clinton who invited mark cuban. >> sure. but mark geist is someone wh

you're looking at the scene outside the great faith ministries church where donald trump will be attending services outside. you have protesters there who have been gathering some even chanting dump trump. cnn's jeremy diamond is there outside of the church. and also where many people are assembling. is donald trump even on the premises? is he inside. we know there was going to be a one-on-one conversation with the bishop there and also the congregation would be meeting with donald trump. what is happening there? where is the candidate? >> reporter: well, i haven't seen donald trump's motorcade arrive. he was scheduled to be in there right now. he may be inside the church already. donald trump is taking his african-american out reach to the city of detroit to a predominantly african-american church here. this comes after weeks in which he levelled his pitch to african-american voters before predominately white audiences, this is notable. when he comes to areas like detroit he'll be faced with protests. we've seen a couple hundred protesters come out already. i'm here with pastor maurice ja

so donald trump's contributors today paid donald trump to rent the room for donald trump to stand up in front of microphones and say this. >> hillary clinton and her campaign of 2008 started the birther controversy. i finished it. i finished it. you know what i mean. president barack obama was born in the united states, period. now we all want to get back to making america strong and great again. thank you. thank you very much. thank you. >> had to tell a couple of lies while retracting one lie. donald trump of course refused to take any questions after retracting his five years of non-stop lying about president obama's birth. david fahrenthold of the washington post was there and yelled a question about trump's charitable contributions. david fahrenthold is pursuing the $5 million that donald trump once promised to donate if president obama could prove he was born in hawaii. now that donald trump says he accepts that proof, he owes $5 million to charity, $5 million that according to david fahrenthold's reporting thus far, donald trump will never contribute to charity, because donald

he'll know it from donald trump. donald trump has made it very cle clear. many back home in indiana over the weekend. the american people are really focused on the issues, and the fact that. hillary clinton went to health clubs in new york and literally call called. >> trump could have simply released the results on his physical last week or his multiple records over the years? sg >> i think he's going to provide the latest on his self, pab, the organization in new york about what they choose to do on you to with. this is a man who is vigorous and healthy and ener jet i cget will be a great president of the united states. >> was rudy giuliani appearing to be referring to windows, a lot of trbz. let me wish hillary clinton well. we're praying for a swift re. the issues in this election are so important to the american people and the choice couldn't be more clear. we'll leave it that. >> just our focus is on our campaign. we're reaching more and more americans every day. i'm here in washington, d.c. and i'll be meeting the top advisers. >> he's a great friend

donald trump questioned her death over this. this has not been put to rest by donald trump today. it was not put to rest by donald trump in 2011. he has continued to keep this issue alive and when you speak to a number of voters, be them african-american or whites or latino, this issue does come up and often times you'll hear people say that they cannot vote for donald trump on this issue alone. how dare he question the legitimacy of the first african-american president. you heard the congressional black caucus say as much during the news conference they just held but i will note that many donald trump supporters do believe that president obama was born in kenya, born in africa and he is a secret muslim and donald trump at least until today has done very little to dissuade them from this opinion. >> katy tur reporting for us in washington d.c. in just a second ago, we were showing donald trump's plane departing from d.c. he is on his way to florida right now. it was interesting because secretary clinton offered her prebuttal in washington d.c. that the is where they krocross paths

donald trump. a quieter hall will be like the flint debate that cnn had with the bernie sanders and hillary clinton, largely very quiet. i remember walking up to donald trump after that first debate at the reagan library which was more than three hours long, he was exhausted. he was complaining -- >> he complained about it. >> i think the stamina is something to watch. that's why hillary clinton has been practicing at night at the exact time of this debate. standing for 90 minutes here. but look, he has been known to give a campaign rally speech that goes 90 minutes long. he can certainly do it. one thing they have been doing on the clinton side is preparing for two donald trumps. increasingly, they believe that one donald trump will show up, the more sort of on message, more presidential donald trump. that could be a challenge for her. >> let's talk about that a little more, that more subdued donald trump, the kellyanne conway donald trump. literally the clinton campaign has concerns about that, b

she has not had her mitts in donald trump's hair, but she knows the guy well. she's outside the trump hotel in washington, d.c. where donald trump will be speaking in less than an hour. this morning, donald trump spoke out again on the latest birther controversy. listen up. >> hillary brought it up during her campaign. it was 2008. and it was brought up to a fare thee well, and she brought it up, and i was the one who was successful in getting him to release his birth certificate. i'm going to have a big statement made today add the hotel. >> okay, katy, first of all, that is gnaw true. hillary clinton did not bring the birther issue up in 2008. so besides that, which is untrue, what do we expect to hear from donald today? >> he also did not obtain president obama's birth certificate. he sent investigators to hawaii, but they didn't come up with anything. so that is not true either. but the campaign is basically saying that they're going to move past this. that donald trump already settled this when he quote/unquote got president obama's birth certificate, which

i think donald trump, you know, you see there that he's going back to the old donald trump just giving a speech and feeding off the audience and having this conversation with them, and you know he likes applause and he reacts to the applause but it's -- the problem is if another candidate said it might not be interpreted in the same way, but donald trump has consistently questioned whether or not the election will be questioned, the fed and the fbi and numbers from the government is being rigged against him, obama's being rigged against him and how people should beat up protesters in the crowd. there are all of these things that surround what donald trump's campaign has said in the past that suggest that he considers this to be a sort of okay to be outside of the bounds of democracy, and in light of that and those past comments it's hard not to wonder how he didn't recognize what he was saying. >> what do you make of all of this? >> absurdity. i'm tired of talking about the man there is anything with this campaign that isn't vile, isn't offensive, to african-americans in particular, bu

of donald trump. he said he would start a shooting war wh iran if iranians in little boats made gestures toward our destroyers, the most lethal ships in history. and rudy giuliani justified war crimes that donald trump says he wants to commit, by saying that in war anything is legal. he said that in the country that prosecuted nazis for war crimes in nuremberg. we executed them because of what rudy giuliani said is legal in war. if the news media treated the trump campaign the way it has treated every presidential campaign prior to trump and the other presidential campaign that is going on during the trump campaign, the clinton campaign, if the news media treated the trump campaign like it treats every other campaign, donald trump by now would have been forced to retract his statement about going to war over a gesture. and rudy giuliani would have been forced to apologize for his comment, justifying everything that has ever been done in war anywhere in the world, including everything that nazi germany

they can't trust donald trump to you want to make tomorrow night about donald trump? >> well, look, like i said, this is the time for the voters to pick a president. we'll have people tuning into this election for the first time. they're going to see the two candidates on stage. i think they're going to see donald trump is unfit, unprepared and over his head. i doubt he will have a command of the issues. i certainly -- >> you think he'll take care of the debate by himself? is that what you're expecting? >> hillary will have to press the point, challenge him to example, he has not revealed any plan whatsoever to defeat isis. he says it's a secret and that he knows more about it than the generals do. this is a time for him to present those plans. maybe he will. but we'll have to see. >> in a little bit of psychological welfare. you invited mark cuban to the debate. donald trump said if dopey mark cuban wants to sit on the front jennifer flowers are said she is going to be there. >> you know, this debate is supposed to be about issues and how these candidates are going t

. >> the primary debates unpredictability which is one of donald trump's biggest assets. do you think we expect to see more of that from him tomorrow night? do we know what version of trump is going to show up? >> i think that's a huge asset for him because it forces hillary clinton to prepare for multiple donald trumps from multiple scenarios. will keep both candidates on their feet. it's going to be the same kind of setting we saw during the primary debates. >> he can try to put her off her game. is he going to attack tomorrow or not attack? >> this is a difficult balance for him. he managed to turn every attack into some version of a counterpunch. there's a lot of voters and pivotal suburbs and even if he is going to counterpunch against clinton, it's a way to do that effectively. and a crooked politician as someone that you can't trust. without making it seem like donald trump is dragging everyone into the gutter. and not a lot of republicans came off of that debate stage in the primaries. looking well after they traded insults for donald trump and that's for them both

donald trump who has a personal connection through the camera. that could be the trump on stage which could be hard for hillary clinton to contend with. >> i don't believe for a second they have not been doing mock debates. brian, eugene, mark, stick around. >>> prosperity is one of the three issues tonight. hillary clinton would hike taxes on wealthy american to help fund tax cuts for the middle class. she is focusing on universal p-k. clinton would spend $275 billion on infrastructure and supports a $15 minimum wage. donald trump would cut taxes for most americans, but the wealthy see the biggest. he wants to lower the tax rate to 15%. he wants to spend twice as much as hillary clinton on infrastructure. >>> protests over a deadly police shooting in north carolina. they were largely peaceful over the weekend. the issue of policing is one of many that will be brought up at the debate tonight. we will discuss much more about their strategies next. >>> also tributes pouring in for arnold palmer. really one of the most important figures in all of sp

i guess today it's the donald trump, the red meat donald trump on immigration, not the donald trump who was trying to be more diplomatic but that apparently backfired with the mexican president last night. >> it's interesting, this morning at the american legion donald trump did appear to be a little bit more diplomatic when he spoke about the mexican president, spoke about mexico and spoke about relations with the two countries. but today in front of a rally crowd, a crowd that's come here because they support donald trump's red meat rhetoric, he's back to the "don't worry, i'm going to build a wall and mexico is going to pay for it." it's a war of words between trump and the mexican president who came out with an op-ed explaining and defending why he even met with trump in the first place. at the end of it reiterating that mexico would not pay for the wall. donald trump ignoring that completely last night and again today. last night saying that they're going to build a wall -- they're going to pay for the wall, they just don't know it yet. so the idea that trump was going to moderate

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she solicits a campaign donation from donald trump trump, $25,000.arity not it sort of goes away in florida. so that's what happened back then. now, we're dealing with the irs fallout from the way trump made this contribution. >> what are the open questions here, david, that you see as a reporter? what you hear from a lot of people on the left, you have a quid pro quo. trump gives money. bondi doesn't investigate. >> the difference between trump and clinton is that he was not in government. he was outside. he bragged that he gave money and government officials gave what he wanted. this is a clear example of that. he is backing away from ta now. two questions, in florida, did bondi break the law by asking somebody for money while she was thinking about investigating him. from trump's perspective, a real interesting question about his taxes. he sent tax forms from his foundation to the irs that covered up this and they listed a fake, false donation that had the effect of hiding this donation they shouldn't have given. will there be any more fallout fro

to not know which donald trump is showing up. the expectations for him are low, he's won that part of the game. i think the expectations for hillary are extraordinary high. the momentum is in donald's favor. he's been closing the polls in many of the battleground stage. this debate is very important to her. >> brett, let me talk to you about mitt romney and you worked with him in the 2012 race. there is a memorable moment, i want to remind folks what happened there. >> i went to my staff and i said how come all the people in this job are all men, well, these are all the people that have the qualifications. well, can we find some women that are qualified. we took the effort to find women who had backgrounds that could be qualified to be members of our cabinet. i went to a number of women's groups and said could you help us and they brought us a binder full of women. >> so brett, explain to us for donald trump who said he has worked within history to help make women more powerful as exa executives within his own organization. how do

you are a donald trump supporter. you are running the silent majority pac. u choose that name? what does it mean -- >> to get to the original part of the question, people are afraid to put a trump sign in their yard. people are afraid to wear a trump shirt. they think somebody is going to call them a racist, call them a bigot. all the stuff that the left has trumped up about trump and it really not fair. people can't speak their mind unless they're liberal in this country. >> but in all fairness, teddy, there are people on the right as well who say those things about donald trump. it's not just people on the left. you think it's fair to say that? >> well, i think -- you know, when i ran for congress and kind of learned the ropes down here a couple years ago, the hard core republicans don't like trump and the reason they don't like trump is that he's going to ruin their meal ticket. i'm not happy with the hard core republicans. most of america is not happy with the hard core republicans. i think trump is wonderful because he's not part of the same old same old

are so not donald trump.he going to play that character? >> well, it's tough. and i feel like the only way he can play this character, it doesn't sound like donald trump, if he had a teleprompter and because it's a private interview, there could be a teleprompter where he uses and the bishop have his questions written out and he reads from the teleprompter and given these answers. i also suspect there are a couple of answers one of them why should undecided black voters vote for you, you know, i'm appealing to you, i'm going to be a good partner to you, my standings are 8% and they're climbing. i think there are a couple of things that sound like him. it's going to be hard for him without feeling as though someone wrote them for him. >> he probably won't be asked if how the klu klux klan feels about him. >> you paying attention to the presidential election? >> oh, yes. >> in your own personal opinion who is best for the job? >> i think donald trump would be best for the job. >> the reason because of a lot of

the cnn orc poll of voters shows donald trump and hillary clinton in a virtual tie. ith chris collins of new york. i want you to listen to something that trump said about hick and then we will discuss. >> i just don't think she has a presidential look. and to get the look, you have to get the job done. >> you need a presidential look, you have to get the job done. many people are saying the presidential look is because she is a woman, she doesn't have a presidential look, she is being sexist. >> i could not disagree more with those saying that. mr. trump in his business, and his company, as you can see, he treats women with respect. >> is he trying to capitalize on the fact that there has never been a woman president? >> when you see her -- >> what, someone looking presidential, i don't think she has a presidential look, what does that have to do with her qualifications to be president of the united states? >> i think the irony is the liberal press said that mr. trump did not look presidential. he is looking more presidential. he was criticized for months and months b

expect donald trump to come.e got himself in a pickle. it was a bad situation, and he didn't know what to do. whether he heard him or not and what occurred behind closed doors, we don't know, but we have to hear donald trump on it tonight. i'm presuming, corey, he's going to say something about it. >> look, i think his speech tonight will be very clear and detailed and he'll outline some of the issues he talked about in mexico today and he'll talk about the payment for this wall and that's very important. >> let me tell you this, i have a lot of mexican friends and a lot of latino friends and none of us are changing our minds on donald trump because of what happened today, but today there are more people who feel scorned against pena nieto among the latino community and that is a very high bar. >> he is not on the ballot here. >> hang on, because we'll talk a lot about what donald trump is going to say tonight and what he needs to say and also what was said or not said today and this as we await this immigration

donald trump. donald trump. donald trump. donald trump. donald trump will not become the president her. ♪ >> welcome to the best of "with all due respect." the nation was focused on violence in the streets of a major american city. we discussed how the latest police shootings in oklahoma and north carolina and the state of race relations in america and how they impact the 2016 presidential race. >> another police shooting that has captured the nation's attention. protests are rubbed it, north carolina after police shot and 43-year-old keith lamont scott, police say he emerged from a vehicle with a gun before he was killed. his family has disputed the police account saying he was unarmed. all that, demonstrations turned violent last night as protesters vandalized businesses , threw rocks at police and at one point blocked a highway by looting a truck and setting fire to a pile of boxes. this happened a day after police and also, oklahoma released a video showing an officer shooting an unarmed african-american men

here is a clip of donald trump on that show in 1988. eo clip] oprah: i know people have talked about whether you would want to run. would you ever? mr. trump: probably not. oprah: why would you not? mr. trump: i do not think i have the inclination to do it. i love what i'm doing. i really like it. i just probably would not do it. oprah: the oval office does not pay as well. [laughter] mr. trump: i just probably would not do it, oprah. i do get tired to see what is happening with this country. i really am tired of seeing what is happening with this country. how we are really making other people live like kings and we are not. oprah: you said if you did run for president, you believe you would win. mr. trump: i think i would win. i would say i would have a hell of a chance of winning. [end video clip] brian: that was 20 years ago. david: that was the year george -- he asked george w. bush to make him his running mate. the m quayle got the job instead. -- dan quayle got the job instead. donald has been talking about running for president si

donald trump is paying a visit to the doctor's office today. t this is not a typical doctor and certainly not a typical appointment. dr. oz has said that he expects to analyze the results of trump's physical last week. all of this is coming as there's been more pressure for both donald trump and hillary clinton to be more upfront about their medical records. all of this happened because hillary clinton had to put a trip to the 9/11 memorial early on sunday when it was revealed that she had been diagnosed with pneumonia. now in terms of what exactly new information we might be hearing from this interview, the bar is pretty low. so far the only thing that we have to go off of is a letter from donald trump's longtime physician, who in very trumpian style said in that letter that if elected president, donald trump would be the healthiest individual that has ever been elected president. >> okay. we'll get back to you when donald trump is done taping. brian, you unearthed some new information about what exactly donald trump will be turning over to dr.

donald trump. donald trump. donald trump. donald trump. donald trump will not become the president. ♪ john: welcome to the best of "with all due respect." the final week before the first presidential debate, the nation's attention was focused on the violence in the streets of a major american city. we discussed how the latest police shootings in north carolina and oklahoma and the state of race relations in america, and how they impact the 2016 presidential race. mark: yet another police shooting that has captured the nation's attention. protests arrested yesterday in charlotte, north carolina, after police shot and killed 43-year-old keith lamont scott. police say keith emerged from his vehicle with a gun before he was killed. his family has disputed the police account, saying he was unarmed. after all that, demonstrations turned violent last night as protesters vandalized businesses, threw rocks at police, and at one point blocked a highway by looting a truck and setting fire to a pile of boxes. all of this happened of course a day after

times polls has donald trump at 19% among the 300 voters they track and that shows that donald trump y -- you know his message is getting through about jobs, and about security in the inner city and that's the important thing here is that trump cares about african-americans. >> we're sticking to this issue, which is big enough you know news they decided to put out a press release. you can bring that in, please. they decided to bring out a press release this evening at 10:00 right after we went on the air and started discussing. thank you very much. i'm going to ask you this, van jones. bryan fallon, press secretary, also tweeted tonight that trump needs to say it himself on camera and admit he was wrong for trying to delegitimate myself the country's first an can american president. would that be enough? >> certainly if he did that, that would be enough for -- for us, it would probably really hurt him with his own base because i don't think his base likes him apologizing to anybody, which is why he never apologizes to anybody. listen, this is -- this represents an acknowledgement of a

, if you will, and be the more primary -- the primary version of donald trump, let donald trump be donald trump through the rest of this election season. we'll have to see how the polling stands after, you know, once you factor the debate into it. the campaign is not going to lose their base of support. donald trump supporters are with him no matter what. they've been with him, frankly, since early -- or late last year during the primaries. what he needs to do in order to win, thomas, is expand that base of support. he needs to find a way to connect and appeal to women voters, to moderate republicans, minorities if he can. minorities is hard for him. he's polling at next to nothing with a number of groups. but when it comes to women, they've got to find a way to connect. they've got to find a way to bridge that gap. they're not going to completely close it, but they do want to mitigate the losses and keep them from going to hillary clinton. how was he supposed to do that? well, he was supposed to come off as more restrained, more presidential, less risky on stage last night. and it's uncl

we've seen a number of people vociferously sharing they views chanting against donald trump. hey're here to protest his visit to detroit. this comes as trump is trying to make out reach to african-americans in an african-american community. a large reason why he's spoken to white audiences, because when he comes to black communities he is met with protests. it starts with donald trump questioning president obama's citizenship. questioning whether he was born in this country years ago. and it goes to what he said during this campaign. you know, dismissing the black lives matter movement and his latest out reach has been criticized by african-american leaders, you know, he said things like what do you have to lose, you have nothing to lose. you have no jobs, you have no schools. a lot of the african-americans here say that's not the reality. sure there is poverty, there are problems. but that is not by and large the overwhelming majority of african-americans who have no job and no poverty. >> it's important to note there are these intense protests outside of -- or in communities

donald trump says i am just meeting this guy for the first time. that's for a later date. >> i think what really hurt trump with that visit to mexico was the moment when he was asked did you bring up the wall, did you ask mexico to pay for it and he said that it didn't come up, and then later he was contradicted by the mexican president. i think that was the moment that i think he opened himself up to being hurt politically by this. it sort of played into the hand of the clinton campaign, who have been saying for months that donald trump can't tell the truth and that he is unprepared to deal with diplomatic situations like the one that he found himself in. you know. i think this whole situation with immigration is a case of trump's advisors believing that, if he says the same thing maybe in a more diplomatic way or a less free-wheeling way that it will come across differently to voters. that's very challenging because that's baked in. i think at this point, where he currently stands with latino voters and with suburban voters is a product of the thi

why is donald trump saying this? because he finds it to be a useful talking point, maybe he'll back away from it but given what he's done in the past, this seems to be something he's going to stay with. he was a private citizen, however, and i think he can say that he didn't vote for the war, it doesn't really matter all that much and when he decided, as you had that guest on before, kwhe decided to be for or against the war is really anybody's guess. >> why say it? if he's a private citizen -- >> yeah, he shouldn't say it, don. i wish he wouldn't. >> andre, you said that you're not sure if it really matters what his position is because it shouldn't matter, don't you think, that he admits the truth? especially if he's going to keep calling hillary clinton out for her falsehoods as well. she does have her own. >> looking back, he was a private citizen with no intel briefings whatsoever, and what howard stern asked him that question, it wasn't unequivocally, yeah, i think we ought to go to war. it was like, well, um, u

donald trump to be our commander in chief. these are men who know the meaning of courage, sacrifice and character and they're with us. i want to identify as mr. trump said earlier, mr. jane horton, gold star wife of chris horton. chris was a great young sniper with the 45th infantry division, the thunder birds of oklahoma and god bless you and god bless what he has done as well. to be with these great veterans behind me who served our nation so well. there were 88 who signed. 165 today. these are men and women who have led at all levels of leadership and believe deeply in his temperament, his leadership, his vision, and his guts to be our commander in chief. [ applause ] for those of you watching, let me tell you a little bit about the people who support him. the people behind me and the people who are not here and the millions of americans who hopefully are watching. these are commanders who fought in afghanistan and fought in iraq, they fought in mobadishu, fought in panama. we have leaders who have been wounded fighting for

that is donald trump's oxygen. whether he can sustain a 90-minute performance one-on-one with no commercial breaks without the ability to hide remains to be seen. i'm not convinced. >> jonathan capehart, hugh hewitt, thanks for the time. >> thank you. >>> up next, two people who know what it's like to get ready for the biggest stage in presidential politics. that is straight ahead, this is "hardball," the place for politics. >>> welcome back to "hardball." the outcome of the first presidential debate between hillary clinton and donald trump depends in large part on whether they can successfully execute their strategies once they come face to face on monday night. republican pollster frank luntz says for hillary clinton to win, she is going to need to prove her case that donald trump is unfit for office. here's his advice to clinton. says, quote, her mission is to demonstrate that every time he talks on the global stage, his words could defile the office, embarrass the country, and yes, even provoke a war. your obje

news of this past week shows a whole series of very serious questions about donald trump's ties to russia. and finally there's been news recently about very questionable, even illegal payments by the trump foundation. i think these unanswered questions are going to be on voters' minds. finally, there's the issue of truthfulness. campaign trail thus far. about 70% of the things they check turn out to be false. and so that's an interesting point about the debate tomorrow night, too. in a 90-minute format, not 20-second sound bites, there's a real opportunity to hear somebody say something and get into is that actually true or not? i think the debate issue, you know, obviously let it be an even standard for both, but that issue about specifics, answering those unanswered questions and checking people on truthfulness, >> dickerson: i notice the campaign put out a list already of 18 or so falsehoods about donald trump. they put out that acted donald trump, but hillary clinton, everything she says in the debate will be truthful? >> i think that's fair game. look, it's fair game for both candida

a vote for gary johnson is a vote not for donald trump. , there is a certain number of republicans are going to gary johnson instead of trump. and that's their choice. their choice is not hillary clinton, gary johnson, or donald trump. it's trump or johnson. don't the democrats want them to pick johnson? >> i actually kind of view it a little bit differently. i think people are choosing gary johnson in this race because he is not hillary clinton or donald trump. and if i'm in the hillary clinton war room, i do think this is a little bit of a problem. because, look, in 2012, obama was getting 60% of the millennial vote. now she is getting just 40%. and one that really gets under my skin is when ahear clinton allied democratic establishment portraying millennials as these entitled cry babies. i actually think that millennials could be the north star and the moral compass for the democratic party. and that's for a few reasons. one, much more progressive than any other voting generation. two, much more diverse. 44% of millennials are nonwhite.

now,st 30 minutes from donald j. trump and hillary rodham clinton will step on the debate stage for a 90 minute, uninterrupted, tension filled, bathroom break free showdown nbc news's on lester holt. on from arrived early today. there he is, getting out of a black suv. this evening we are live on bloomberg television. this marks an unprecedented historic blockbuster collaboration with the one and only twitter. are streamingwe right now at this moment. the nfl can do it, we can do it, too. tonight on your mobile devices, the full 90, xbox, minute presidential debate followed by a post game show with a whole bloomberg politics debate. my colleague mark halperin is already there. tonight i'm going to ask a question we ask a lot on our show with all due respect, what does hillary clinton have to do this evening to get the big w? mark: the tension is so high you could cut it with a doll for. this is the highest pressure night of the entire campaign, the first presidential debate. hillary clinton needs to do three things. she ne

donald trump's statement. let's go to the author of the original article. robert costa, national political reporter "washington post" joined as always here in the studio by nicole wallace. robert, what happened tonight? >> on wednesday night, it was really late, donald trump had finished a rally in canton, ohio. so we're sitting there and i had a list of questions, and one of the questions i had was kellyanne conway said that trump now believes that obama was born in the united states. so i asked him is kellyann conway accurate? he said i don't want to answer that. we had a lengthy exchange about it, and what he said, i published tonight. >> when you published this, the conversation was so fast and to furious, that within about an hour's time, we got the following statement from the trump-pence campaign. here is the nut paragraph, in 2011, mr. donald trump was finally able to bring this ugly incident to its conclusion by successfully compelling president obama to release his birth certificate. mr. trump did a

hillary clinton attacking donald trump saying he has no clue on military issues. we've got montell williams and the admiral supporting trump weighing in on the candidates and their ability to be commander in chief. but first, let's look at responses to today's microsoft pulse question. which was, of course, donald trump leading clinton by 19% among veteran voters in a new nbc survey monkey poll, are you confident in his ability as commander in chief? the results so far, take a look, you see them on your screen. you can still chime in by the way, pulse.msnbc.com to cast your vote. >>> stick with us, ahead of tonight's commander in chief forum. we'll be back here in just couple of minutes. ♪ using 60,000 points from my chase ink card i bought all the framework... wire... and plants needed to give my shop... a face... no one will forget. see what the power of points can do for your business. learn more at chase.com/ink hillary clinton: i'm hillary clinton and i approve this message. vo: in times of crisis america depends on steady leadership. donald trump: "knock the

donald trump's health. yesterday the host of that daytime talk show dr. oz went on fox news radio and said trump would be actually handing over his medical records to dr. oz, to the host of that tv show live on tv. the medical records would be revealed on tv. then interestingly this morning that was off. trump telling reporters they had basically changed their mind, they would not be handing over their medical records over on your tv show. >> john roberts just reported a little while ago that he's going to go on dr. oz today, but that he is not going to release the results of his physical, why is that? >> on a tv show? i don't think that -- >> that was the original plan, wasn't it? >> uh, no. >> uh, yes. >> the trump campaign followed that up today, that appearance by the campaign manager this morning on fox, no, that was never the plan, we were never going to do that, following up by insisting to reporters that in no uncertain terms that trump was not going to release his medical records or the results of his lab tests on that tv show, never. and today we

put it in lock box and put it away because this is donald trump's trump. to michael's good point, mitt romney won those college educated, white voters by 14 points. and he lost the election. donald trump has to do at least as well. i understand corey's point that he has to appeal to working class, whites, but the college educated voters aring is that he nea neats there have been some concerns about him being an intemperate candidate. in other words, getting him into sort of stance that would really get him any extra votes. zoria, i'm going to fanl from the last time we were here. if you put them back to back, what happened in mexico and what happened in arizona. will that play with people, the people he's trying to get? >> i think you have to remember what the yetworks do a lot of time and a specific sub suit that donald trump was is pot we saw it in the last nbc poll. he was polling at 8% mornings of african-american population, which is two percentage points higher than mitt romney got. no one bants to talk about that what they're be sfrnls let's give hi

we've asked donald trump and hillary clinton if they support the president's actions today. received response from the trump or clinton campaign. the protesters at standing rock call themselves protectors. the protectors of the sacred sites. the tribes, of course, were this country's first protectors of the environment. our first environmentalists long before anyone else thought there was something sacred, something worry of protection in our land and in our waters. today, one of the protectors, rebecca grey bull told me at first the judge's decision to allow the construction was "like a knife in the gut" she then said, i am ecstatic and grateful that obama saved the day for us here. this is just the beginning, she said. we are bunkering down for winter. the standing rock sue reservation is a special place, they visited there in 2014. the chairman of the tribe, dave, had the honor of escorting the president and mrs. obama on their visit and we are honored the chairman is joining us once again tonight from north dakota. chairman, tell us the reaction there when you got the wo

donald trump is an outsider. and they both have different things that i think a they need to accomplish. the burden will be on her in a pretty big way. >> this question about donald trump showing up. is he going to be the more subdued trump or on the attack? >> i think if you look at the last few weeks you have seen a very measured on message donald trump who has been doing a fabulous job on laying out policy. >> the question is whether without the prompter with this opponent needling and needling will we see the same guy or little marco, look at my hands guy? >> i think you see someone ready to be president of the united states. that is the donald trump i have seen over the last several weeks, someone focussed in on the general election. you go for a primary and clips where it is a fond reminder. >> more fond for some than others. >> you go from that to the general election and also the gravity of the presidency and that is facing you down in the next 46 days. i think that has really come to light. i think he ge

donald trump when asked about birther issue, one of the things that mr. trump said in the washington post pieces, i don't want to talk about it anymore. the reason i don't is because everyone is going to be talking about it as oppose to jobs, military, security and so this is what he is doing. he is proving the point that he doesn't want to talk about it anymore. we will see when he makes a comment. glen is with us watching along with us. onset here, glen, how effective do you think this is for donald trump to have supporters come forward and explain why they support him? >> this is a show of force. there's a large number of admirals, and war veterans in the room, they are putting reputations behind donald trump. jenna: donald trump told maria bartiromo this morning, you'll have to wait and see. i'm not going to ruin the suspense, talking about the birther issue and look at what he has done, he has the complete national media attention right him right now and going through supporters and we are all waiting, what is he going to say, he hasn't said anything

how is donald trump getting ready for tomorrow? what do we know? >> well, anderson, he spent most of the day today here in trump tower with a number of folks who have been pivotal in helping him prepare for the debates. new york governor chris christie left a couple hour ago, along with rudy giuliani. reince priebus has been pitching in on the debate prep efforts. this candidate didn't have a deep bench of advisers. he was a first time politician. we're seeing it take shape around the preparation. >> during the primary debate, unpredictability was one of donald trump's biggest assets. do you think we expect more of that from him tomorrow night? do we know what version of trump is going to show up? >> i think that is a huge asset for him. it forces hillary clinton to prepare for multiple donald trumps, for multiple scenarios. it'll keep, i think, both candidates on their feet. i don't think this is going to be the rough and tumble setting that we saw during the republican primary debates. it is just going to be the two of them on stauge. they'll be f

good job, donald trump. donald trump didn't scream at her or say, look at that face. think they will be judged on the same standard at all. in addition to that, when you look at how much they have told the truth, the fact her trustworthiness is in question is astounding to me. he lies so much because he comes across as authentic and wins the fight. it is amazing. >> you saw why the expectations for donald trump are so low because so many critics of trump's say he doesn't deserve to be on the stage. it levels the candidates the second they walk on stage. do you know what? this happened for president obama, then senator obama in 2008. so many people said he's not ready. he's too young, too inexperienced. mccain has the experience. the second they walked on stage and then senator obama held his own on foreign policy issues that were supposed to be the strength of john mccain. in the minds of the voters watching, he passed a test. what's going to happen for the headline that the trump folks want to drive is they want to just pass the test of, hey, he actually deserved to